Chapter 221: Quite the Dilemma (Part 1)

Zhao Qingfeng hurried back to the platform.

Just in time, they quickly boarded the train.

They had booked soft sleepers, and the carriage was empty, likely reserved spots.

After sitting down, Zhao Qingfeng gulped down several mouthfuls of ice water, his brow furrowed, taking a while to calm down.

“Are you hot?”

Shen Lingyao, unaware of what had happened, tenderly wiped his sweat, “Did you leave something behind? I didn’t see you bring anything back.”

Of course, Zhao Qingfeng wouldn’t mention Liu Ruoxin, “The station made a mistake, wrong Zhao Qingfeng. Someone lost a bag of worthless trash.”

Shen Lingyao was puzzled, “Wasn’t it a valuable item? How did it turn into trash?”

Zhao Qingfeng dodged the question with a few words and changed the subject, “Anyway, it was just trash, really smelly trash at that. Yaoyao, I’m a bit tired, want to sleep for a bit? I can hold you.”

Liu Ruoxin’s appearance had somewhat affected Zhao Qingfeng’s mood.

He was worried that the ‘crazy’ Liu Ruoxin would affect his relationship with Shen Lingyao.

The two had just gotten together, and the little girl was particularly possessive.

If Shen Lingyao ever found out about his past actions as a ‘lickspittle’ at City No.1 Middle School, it wasn’t certain he could smooth things over.

After all, no one would believe his story of being reborn.

Moreover, his stint as a lickspittle at City No.1 Middle School lasted over a month, witnessed by all classmates and teachers.

From Zhao Qingfeng’s perspective, he had indeed awakened after his rebirth.

But from Shen Lingyao’s point of view, it would be different.

She might very well think he turned to her only after failing to pursue Liu Ruoxin, mocked and humiliated by his classmates, then returning to County No.2 Middle School to pursue her.

What was that?

A fallback option?

No matter how you put it.

It didn’t sound good!

So, he needed to find a foolproof way to prevent potential major conflicts in the future.

Moreover, Liu Ruoxin was a cunning woman, capable of twisting facts with her connections at City No.1 Middle School. Her father also had a habit of gifting teachers, and if she really got a few people together to slander him, who could stand it?

“What are you thinking about?”

Seeing Zhao Qingfeng staring blankly and not sleeping, Shen Lingyao sensed something was off, “Tell me, don’t hide anything, didn’t we agree to share everything?”

Her adorable look was too enchanting.

Zhao Qingfeng sighed and made up a story, “I was just thinking about your aunt. Your mom’s been worried sick about her. They haven’t seen each other for over a decade, must miss her terribly. What if we can’t find her this time? Wouldn’t your mom be heartbroken?”

Shen Lingyao was also worried.

Though she had little memory of her, they were still blood-related.

She was delighted that Brother Qingfeng cared so much about her family, “Alright, don’t get upset, let’s leave it to fate. If we find her, great; if not, we’ll keep looking. Besides, isn’t your business expanding in Beijing? As long as my aunt is still in Beijing, we’ll meet her someday.”

Finding Ding Yu wasn’t complicated, just a matter of searching for a person. The real challenge was Liu Ruoxin.

Zhao Qingfeng pondered hard, his brows furrowed. This problem was more difficult than any business issue. Thinking it over, he suddenly laughed, cursing himself for possibly hitting his head when he acted heroically before, forgetting about Li Maocai of City No.1 Middle School!

Back in the Shangri-La parking lot, he had seen Li Maocai asking Gao Zhanpeng for favors, but the old man had never contacted him.

Caught up in studying for the university entrance exam and university matters, Zhao Qingfeng had overlooked it.

Thinking about it now.

The reason Li Maocai hadn’t contacted him was either because he thought Zhao wasn’t reliable or the matter was too difficult. Regardless, Zhao Qingfeng had to seize this opportunity because convincing Li Maocai to cooperate in fabricating a story was the only way to cut off all of Liu Ruoxin’s schemes.

“Where are you going?”

Seeing Zhao Qingfeng getting up to leave, Shen Lingyao quickly asked.

“Uh…”

Zhao Qingfeng sighed, pretending to be troubled, “I’m going to have a smoke, not feeling too good…”

Shen Lingyao initially wanted to accompany him but hearing it was for a smoke, smelly and unpleasant, decided against it.

She tugged at Zhao Qingfeng’s ear, “Stinky Bee, didn’t I tell you no smoking? Why are you picking up my dad’s bad habits! Just this one, no more. Go and come back quickly, or I’ll get bored!”

Zhao Qingfeng nodded in agreement, quickly walked to the connection between carriages, borrowed a cigarette from a big brother, and seeing Shen Lingyao didn’t follow, dialed Li Maocai’s number.

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